The Abominable Snowmen - Episode 4

The episode starts off quite well and I found my interest going up a bit as the Doctor and Jamie get some more time ‘on screen’.  Sadly that was as good as the episode would get as this story staggers towards its end which is worryingly another two episodes away. Even with the wonderful Frazer Hines’ narration popping up every couple of moments, I find myself feeling rather tired when listening to this story. It’s all so lifeless and that’s a problem with it’s a six part adventure.

Had it not been for Frazer Hines and Patrick Troughton then I would have given up after about five or six minutes and the only thing that seemed to go in the plus box is the fact that the great intelligence seems to be more of an important factor in the story. It’s a shame that we can’t see what’s going on. I cant quite figure out whether it’s the fact that theres padding or whether the stuff that’s happening is just not very exciting. It feels more like the latter but it’s a fine line to be honest. My ability to write a lovely long review is always poor during the audio episodes but its even worse here as I cant drum up enough excitement about this episode.

The cliffhanger is rather poor. It’s rather indicative of the entire story as despite being four episodes in I still think that I would be enjoying this story more if I could see the action and my will to live is somewhat diminishing as the episode progressed. This story is nose-diving into boredom and the only thing that prevents this from being another Web Planet is that the Yeti and the sight of them wandering over the hills is something that is one of the most iconic in the shows history. Not too long until The Web of Fear and I cant wait to see that. Well only two episodes left to get through.